Kettle-lid.



H. JOHNSON.

KETTLE LID.

APPLICATIOIN FILED NOV. l3, 1914.

Patented Oct. 3, 1916.

Attorneys,

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HENRY 'JoHNsoiv, on ianaiiaron, nE'BBasKA.

KEITTILE-LIED.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Oct. 3,1916.

Application filed November 13, 1914. serial-No. 871,950.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY J OHNSON, a citizenof the United States, residing at Beatrice, in the county Kettle-Lid, ofwhich the following-is a specification. The present invention appertainsto lids or covers for kettles or other culinary vessels, and has for oneof its objects, to pro- Vide a kettle lid or cover provided with novelmeans whereby the kettle may be readily drained while the lid is held inplace thereon.

Another object of the invention is to provide novel means for clampingthe lid over the mouth of the kettle or vessel.

It is also within thescope oftheinvention, to provide a kettle lid ofthe nature indicated, which is comparatively simple and inexpensive inconstruction, as well as being convenient, serviceable and eflicient-inits use.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, theinvention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within thescope of what is claimed, with out departing from the spirit of theinvention.

The invention is illustrated in its pre ferred embodiment in theaccompanying drawing, wherein I Figure 1 is a plan view of the improvedkettle lid having the improvements applied thereto. Fig. 2 is asectional View of the lid as applied to a kettle or vessel. Fig. 3 is asectional detail on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

In the drawing, there is illustrated a circular lid or cover 1, whichhas its marginal portion 2 offset upwardly to enable the lid or cover 1to fit snugly over the bead B surrounding the mouth of the kettleprovided with a pouring or draining opening 3 adjacent the marginalportion 2, and a strainer or sieve 4, preferably cut from metal,screening, is soldered or otherwise secured to the bottom of the lid 1so as to extend across the opening 3. A closure or flap valve 5 isprovided for the opening 3, to normally close the said opening while thecontents of the kettle are being cooked or of Gage and State ofNebraska, have invented a new and useful by the fingers,

or vessel I In carrying out this'inventiom'thelid :1 is

boiled. The closure '5 is preferably out or fashioned from a sheetmetalblank, and is formed to fit snugly upon the lid 1 over the opening3. The closure or valve 5 is provided at its basal. portion, whichisdisposed innermost, with a slot 6, and a looped sheet metal piece 7 isengaged through the slot 6, and has its edges soldered or otherwisesecured uponthe lid 1 at'a point spaced inwardly slightly fromtheopening 3. Thus, the closure 5 is pivoted or hinged to the lid at theinner side of the opening 3, to swing to and from the openingfor-thepurpose of covering or uncovering the same. The outer freeportlon of the cover 5 is preferably turned 'or bent-upwardly to providea lip 8 adapt-ed'to snugly fit the marginal portion 2 of the-11d whenthe closure 5 is swung downwardly to close the opening 3. The lip 9 alsoenables the closure5 to be readily ralsed or by a knife or othersuitable implement, when it is desired to look into the kettle throughthe opening 3.

The means for clamping or holding the lid 1 over the mouth of thekettle, embodies a pair of sheet metal pieces or members 9 soldered orotherwise secured to the bottom of the marginal portion 2 of the lid atthe opposite sidesof the opening 3 and having deflexed or downwardlybent portions 10 providing hooks engageable over the bead B of thekettle. 'The clamping means also embodies a sheet metal piece or member11 soldered or otherwise secured upon the marginal portion 2 of the lidopposite the pieces 9 having the hooks 10, and the piece 11 projectsbeyond the margin of the lid, and has its outer or free portion offsetdownwardly, as at 12. An eccentric plate 13 is pivoted to the bottom ofthe free end 12 of the piece or member 11, by means ofa rivet or otherpivot member 14, and one end of the plate 13 is provided with a suitableknob or handle 15 for enabling the plate 13 to be readily swung-by handto looking or unlocking position. The other end of the plate 13 iscurved to provide a cam 16, it being noted that one edge of the plate 13is arranged relatively close to the pivot-14, while the other edge isspaced'farth'er from the said pivot, so that the curved end or cam 16which connects the edges of the plate plate 13 to properly en- 13, willenable the gage and disengage the bead B of the kettle.

To apply the lid 1 to the kettle, the eccentric or clamping plate 13 isswung to the position illustrated in Fig. 1, and the hooks 10 areengaged over the bead B of the kettle when the lid or cover is appliedand seated upon the bead. The eccentric plate 13 is then swung so thatthe cam 16en gages under the bead B, which will clamp and hold the lid 1tightly in place upon the kettle, so that the lid will not beaccidentally opened or removed.

With the present lid, the water within the kettle may be readily drainedoff, by properly tilting the kettle with the opening 3 of the lidlowermost, which will enable the kettle to be drained, in aconvenientmanner, and without danger of spilling the solid contents of the kettle,since the sieve or strainer 4 will retain them within the kettle. Whenthe kettle is tilted to drain the same, the closure or valve 5 willswing open away from the lid, and it is not necessary to manually openthe closure 5 when p the kettle is to be drained.

The cardinal features of the invention reside in the fact that with thepresent device, the lid may be tightly held upon the kettle withoutdanger of displacement, and the kettle may be drained easily without theinconvenience that is caused with the use of an ordinary kettle lid orcover. The

other advantages of the invention will be having a downwardly ofiset eararranged in a plane below and parallel with the plane of the margin ofsaid lid, and an eccentric pivoted to the lower surface of said ear toswing in a plane parallel to the marginal portion of said lid and toswing under said it bead.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aiiixedmy signature'in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY JOHNSON.

Witnesses:

VVALTER VAsEY, VV. J. MOHLMANNE.

Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0.

